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Michael Jackson’s parents Joe and Katherine split after 60 years

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Michael Jackson’s parents are set to divorce after 60 years of marriage, after the King of Pop’s mother Katherine tired of her husband Joe’s cruel behaviour.

The pair became estranged five years ago, but the family matriarch reportedly decided to file for divorce after Joe, 81, suggested she was to blame for their son’s shock death last year.

Mr Jackson, who was accused of abusing Michael as a child, said in June: ‘I begged her to go over and stay with him, but she insisted he needed his privacy.’

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